Hmong and Cantonese
Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
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Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
您好
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
谢谢
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
你好吗？
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
晚上好
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
下午好
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
早上好
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
遗憾
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
我爱你
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
原谅我
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Laos
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Xiguan
Where They Speak
China
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Native Name
Hmong
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Mong
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
hmong
cantonais
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Han Chinese
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 3
hmv
No data available
Glottocode
firs1234
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Hmong and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hmong and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hmong and Cantonese Speaking population
Hmong and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hmong and Cantonese on Hmong vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hmong and Cantonese Language Codes
Hmong and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.